ipxe boot windows 7 installer using wimboot - error

[NiKiZe]

(2017-02-05 14:44)Gelip Wrote:  

(2016-03-31 19:33)NiKiZe Wrote:  you can press Shift+F10, type wpeinit and if the network is supported you can now run \\server\share\sources\setup.exe to start the setup. (this should be done before pressing the initial "install windows")

Yes, network work but you have to properly map a network drive through net use using computer name instead of IP address :

Code:

net use z: \\computer_name\C$ /user:user_name password

Now the installation of the Windows work

There is no need for net use, it works exactly as described above. Both IP and computername can be used instead of "server" (name might be slow to resolve depending on how the network is configured).
However if you need a specific username or password on that share then you will need to connect to that share first somehow,
net use is one such way,
opening notepad and use file->open a file on the network is another possibility to enter these credentials (not recommended in practice but can be used to prove that net use is not strictly needed).
After that you can use the \\server\share approach regardless of need for username or password.
If "server" has a static IP it will be the most stable approach unless you have a well configured DNS,
but for proper name resolution you might need to run

Code:

net start dnscache

appropriate /etc/samba/smb.conf:

Code:

[global]
   security = user
   map to guest = Bad User
   netbios aliases = OPKServer
   guest account = pcguest

[opk]
   path = /mnt/data/opk/
   public = yes
   only guest = yes
   writable = no
   printable = no

appropriate startnet.cmd:

Code:

wpeinit
wpeutil WaitForNetwork
net start dnscache
REM possible loop here until network is up
\\OPKServer\opk\win7_x64\sources\setup.exe